The bag ban originally started as a plan to tack a 5-cent surcharge onto plastic bags that are used in the city, but it was amended during one council session to an all-out ban. The mayor decided to veto the bill because she said the plan changed drastically without going through the public process first.

Councilwoman Rikki Spector agreed, saying the decision to turn it from a surcharge to a ban "cheated the public of the opportunity to vet the issue."

The mayor has also said she thinks a ban would drive businesses away from areas that already have too many food deserts.

The mayor also decided to veto the police body cameras bill not because she doesn't want the cameras but because she doesn't think the current bill is legal and that it doesn't address privacy rights and data retention. She also has concerns about the way it's written.

"It's saying that every police officer is going to have a camera. It doesn't even make sense. If I'm an officer working in the evidence control room, I need to have a body camera? If I'm the person the media works with who deals with media requests, he's supposed to sit at his desk with a body camera?" the mayor questioned during a previous news conference. "The bill -- they were so fast in trying to get something done that they didn't even take the time to get it right."

The mayor has set up a work group to look into the proposed body camera program.

According to The Baltimore Sun, the council is expected to receive the vetoes on Thursday. Twelve of the 15 council members are needed to override a veto.

The council's original vote on the bag ban was 10 "yes" votes, one "no" vote and three abstentions. One council member was absent.

All but two council members voted "yes" for the body camera bill. Spector was the sole "no" vote, while again, one member was absent.